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US 2004/0201866 A1Published application
Setting information transmission/reception system
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYohei Maekawa, Kiyotaka Ohara
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Abstract
When a setting relating to the print quality of a printer 3 is changed (T601), sending of ssdp:byebye to PCs 2 (T603) and time measurement by a timer 37 (T605) are executed. Then, after the elapse of 30 seconds from the start of time measurement by the timer 37, ssdp:alive is sent to the PCs 2 (T615). Even if a paper size related setting change (T607) or multiple page printing (condensed printing) setting change (T609) is made during this 30-second interval, ssdp:alive is not sent to the PCs 2 for those changes executed during the 30-second interval.
Claims27
A transmitter connectable with a network, the transmitter comprising:
- a storage portion storing setting-information;
- an instruction receiving portion capable of receiving a setting-change instruction indicative of a setting-change;
- an instruction-group specifying portion specifying, as an instruction group, at least one successive setting-change instruction, which is received by the instruction receiving portion successively and which is indicative of at least one setting-change;
- a setting-information updating portion successively updating the setting information in the storage portion based on the at least one successive setting-change in the instruction group, to thereby obtain final setting-information;
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- a transmission portion transmitting, via a network to a receiver, a set of final-setting-data indicative of the final setting-information after the final setting-information is obtained.
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A setting information transmission/reception system, comprising:
- a transmitter connectable with a network, the transmitter including:
- a storage portion storing setting-information;
- an instruction receiving portion capable of receiving a setting-change instruction indicative of a setting-change;
- an instruction-group specifying portion specifying, as an instruction group, at least one successive setting-change instruction, which is received by the instruction receiving portion successively and which is indicative of at least one setting-change;
- a setting-information updating portion successively updating the setting information in the storage portion based on the at least one successive setting-change in the instruction group, to thereby obtain final setting-information;
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- a transmission portion transmitting, via a network to a receiver, a set of final-setting-data indicative of the final setting-information after the final setting-information is obtained;
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- the receiver that is connected to the network and that receives the set of final-setting-data from the transmitter via the network.
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A setting information transmission/reception system, comprising:
- a transmitter that is connectable to a network and that transmits to a receiver via the network setting information specifying the transmitter's own settings,
- the transmitter including:
- a changing portion changing a setting of the transmitter;
- an out-of-period determining portion determining whether or not a setting has been changed by said changing portion;
- a time measurement portion starting time measurement when the out-of-period determining portion determines that a setting has been changed;
- a within-period determining portion determining whether or not a further setting change has been performed by said changing portion within a predetermined period from the start of the time measurement;
- an updating portion updating setting information when the within-period determining portion determines that a further setting change has been performed;
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- a transmitting portion transmitting the setting information to the receiver when it is determined that the predetermined period has elapsed based on the time measurement by the time measurement portion;
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- the receiver that is connected to the network and that receives the setting information transmitted from the transmitter, the receiver including a receiving portion receiving the setting information transmitted from the transmitting portion.
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A transmitter connectable to a network for transmitting to a receiver via the network setting information specifying the transmitter's own settings, the transmitter comprising:
- a changing portion changing a setting of the transmitter;
- an out-of-period determining portion determining whether or not a setting has been changed by said changing portion;
- a time measurement portion starting time measurement when the out-of-period determining portion determines that a setting has been changed;
- a within-period determining portion determining whether or not a further setting change has been performed by said changing portion within a predetermined period from the start of the time measurement;
- an updating portion updating setting information when the within-period determining portion determines that a further setting change has been performed;
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- a transmitting portion transmitting the setting information to a receiver when it is determined that the predetermined period has elapsed based on the time, measurement by the time measurement portion.
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A setting information transmission/reception system, comprising:
- a transmitter that is connectable to a network and that transmits to a receiver via the network setting information specifying the transmitter's own settings,
- the transmitter including:
- a changing portion changing a setting of the transmitter;
- a notifying portion performing notification to a receiver when the setting is changed by the changing portion;
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- a transmitting portion transmitting information of the setting upon receipt of the request from the receiver;
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- a receiver that is connected to the network and that receives the setting information transmitted from the transmitter,
- the receiver including:
- an out-of-period determining portion determining whether or not notification has been received from the notifying portion;
- a time measurement portion starting time measurement when the out-of-period determining portion determines that notification has been received;
- a within-period determining portion determining whether or not a further notification has been performed from the notifying portion within a predetermined period from the start of the time measurement;
- a requesting portion requesting the transmitter to transmit the setting information when the predetermined period has elapsed based on time measurement by the time measurement portion;
- a request control portion controlling the requesting portion to fail to request the transmitter in response to the further notification;
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- a receiving portion receiving the setting information transmitted from the transmitting portion.
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A receiver connected to a network for receiving setting information from a transmitter via the network, the receiver comprising:
- an out-of-period determining portion determining whether or not notification has been received from a transmitter via a network;
- a time measurement portion starting time measurement when the out-of-period determining portion determines that notification has been received;
- a within-period determining portion determining whether or not a further notification has been performed from the transmitter within a predetermined period from the start of the time measurement;
- a requesting portion requesting the transmitter to transmit setting information of the transmitter when the predetermined period has elapsed based on time measurement by the time measurement portion;
- a request control portion controlling the requesting portion to fail to request the transmitter in response to the further notification;
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- a receiving portion receiving the setting information transmitted from the transmitting portion.
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A transmission program to be executed by a computer to operate as a transmitter connectable to a network for transmitting to a receiver via the network setting information specifying the transmitter's own settings, the transmission program comprising:
- a changing program changing a setting of the transmitter;
- an out-of-period determining program determining whether or not a setting has been changed by said changing portion;
- a time measurement program starting time measurement when the out-of-period determining program determines that a setting has been changed;
- a within-period determining program determining s whether or not a further setting change has been performed by the changing program within a predetermined period from the start of the time measurement:
- an updating program updating setting information when the within-period determining program determines that a further setting change has been performed;
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- a transmitting program transmitting the setting information to a receiver when it is determined that the predetermined period has elapsed based on the time measurement by the time measurement program.
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A reception program to be executed by a computer to operate as a receiver connected to a network for receiving setting information from a transmitter via the network, the reception program comprising
- an out-of-period determining program determining whether or not notification has been received from a transmitter via a network;
- a time measurement program starting time measurement when the out-of-period determining program determines that notification has been received;
- a within-period determining program determining whether or not a further notification has been performed from the transmitter within a predetermined period from the start of the time measurement;
- a requesting program requesting the transmitter to s transmit setting information of the transmitter when the predetermined period has elapsed based on time measurement by the time measurement program;
- a request control program controlling the requesting program to fail to request the transmitter in response to the further notification;
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- a receiving program receiving the setting information transmitted from the transmitting program.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.